X-ray structures of transferrins and related proteins

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1820, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-211

  Mizutani, Kimihiko ^a   Toyoda, Mayuko ^a   Mikami, Bunzo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ovotransferrin; Structure; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; OVOTRANSFERRIN; PROTEIN VARIANT; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENDOSOME; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON KINETICS; IRON TRANSPORT; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONALBUMIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84857367537     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.08.003     Document Type: Review

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